On Wednesday: "Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD)."
But the CDC website now states:
“The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
That revised statement is insane. The only rationale for writing that is to see whether people in America are truly idiotic enough to believe an easily falsifiable lie by government stooges. Don't fall for it. Your government is tricking you.
Further down the page, they say the "evidence is insufficient to support or reject a causal relationship" but this statement is also blatantly false. There are enormous well-controlled studies that have millions of people in both categories (vaxxed vs. not vaxxed). There is ZERO difference in autism rates.
Our scientists have stopped doing science. Thanks a lot, you MAGA fascists.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html
@wildgrass saidIf I claim that “sunning your perineum twice per day increases your IQ” then everyone would say, “prove it.” it's my burden of proof to bear. But If I responded by saying, “no, you prove to me perineal sunning DOESN’T increase your IQ by 10 points,” I am operating under the false assumption that my perineal sunning claim is fact without evidence to back it up.
On Wednesday: "Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD)."
But the CDC website now states:
“The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
That revised statement is insane. The only r ...[text shortened]... ng science. Thanks a lot, you MAGA fascists.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html
The burden of proof is on the person claiming that vaccines cause autism, not the other way around.
@wildgrass saidwhat did these EXPERTS give as the reasoning for the dramatic increase (300% in 20 yrs) in autism?
On Wednesday: "Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD)."
But the CDC website now states:
“The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
That revised statement is insane. The only r ...[text shortened]... ng science. Thanks a lot, you MAGA fascists.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html
@Mott-The-Hoople saidA combination of possible things are involved, better diagnosis and expanded diagnostic criteria, increased awareness, there's some evidence supporting the idea that higher survival rates of premature babies with increased risk may contribute, and there are links to higher risk for increased parental age, other environmental factors etc.
what did these EXPERTS give as the reasoning for the dramatic increase (300% in 20 yrs) in autism?
But there's no link to vaccines. "Vaccines do not cause autism" is the correct statement because there's no evidence to the contrary. Unless and until a link is proven, that is factual. "Studies have not ruled out the possibility" is a stupid statement because that can be written about almost anything. "Studies have not ruled out the possibility that doing pushups causes autism."
@sh76 saidVaccine skepticism is on the rise, and this has already had an effect, with measles at the highest rates in 25 years.
You wonder what effect it will have, if at all.
People who generally listen to the CDC probably don't like the Trump/RFK Jr. viewpoint and so will ignore his CDC.
People who are tinfoil hat anti-vaxxers probably never trusted the CDC.
But it's not really people who listen who listen to the CDC but how public policy is shaped by the CDC. If there's skepticism about whether vaccines are harmful, school districts may be more likely to admit non-vaxxed students. It is likely that we will continue to see declines in vaccination rates until the point that some threshold of kids start getting hurt by these diseases again. Which is sad.
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As I understand it, the initial study that found a link between vaccines and autism was later found to be totally fraudulent, the doctor was faking his statistics, and several other studies by different doctors could never duplicate his claims. They found no correlation at all.